Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,416, Isaac Fillow, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Fillow, Isaac
S. 17 H 16
CONTENTS
Carded.

17.561
Connecticut
Isaac Tilton
of Danbury in the State of Connecticut who was a private in the Conn. commanded by Captain Meigs of the Housatonic commanded by Col. Webb on the Conn. line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn. at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 day of Aug. 1832 and to the Hon. J. D. Dyer present
Arrears to the 14th of March $ 160 Pension allowance ending 4-1/2 40 $ 200
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. C. Hilly Clerk, Book 6, Vol. 2, Page 13.

The said Isaac Fillon hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Isaac Fillon
We, Edwin Hall a clergyman, residing in the town of Norfolk and Samuel Burs residing in the same, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Isaac Fillon who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Edwin Hall Samuel Burs
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Edwin Hall who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the town of Norfolk and that Samuel Burs who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Norfolk and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Benj. Isaac, Judge
I, Charles Isaac Clerk of the said Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaac Fillon for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Probate Office, this 2 day of Aug - 1832.
Chas. Isaac Clerk

State of Connecticut County of Fairfield } S t . Probate Court District of New Milford Personally appeared before said Court Isaac Killen of said New Milford the within named declarant. Feby 9. 1833 and being duly sworn in open Court, depose and say that in explanation of the within declaration states, that on the first day of March 1778 he enlisted into Capt Ozer Allen's Company of State Troops or Coast Guards under Col John Moad and was on guard every third night and was in said Service one Year.
On the first of March 1779 I again enlisted into said Capt Ozer Allen's Company of Coast Guards or State Troops under Col John Moad and Col Stephen St John and was on guard every third night and served until the first of March 1781, and was then discharged having served two Years and on the first of March 1781 I again enlisted in said Capt Ozer Allen's Company of State Troops or Coast Guards under Col Stephen St John and was on guard every third night until November 1782 making one Year and eight Months. All of the above said terms of Service make four Years and eight Months and during all said time I was and served as a French Soldier during the whole of said term of time as is above stated.
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year above said before me
Isaac Killen
Benz. Isaac Judge

No. 3157
adm a 24 mo. pri 80 3/4
Benjamin ...

State of Connecticut, } ss. County of Fairfield, }
On this 2 nd day of Aug 1832 personally appeared, in open Court, before
The Court of Probate now sitting for the District of Norwalk in said County
now sitting, Isaac Tilton a resident of Norwalk in the County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, aged Seventy one years, who being first sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers, and served as herein
stated. That on the first day of March 1778 I enlisted in said Norwalk into Capt. Oyer's Moline Company of State Troops for one year and served said time out. On the 1 st of March 1779 I enlisted in said Norwalk into Capt. Oyer's Moline Company of State Troops and served the term of one year - and on the first of March I enlisted again in said Norwalk in the above said Company and served in said Company until the close of the Revolutionary War - was in the battle when Fairfield and Norwalk was burnt. have no written discharge and no documentary evidence of my service and served during the greater time of time in guarding and protecting the sea coast under Col John Moad - Born in Norwalk May 24 1761. Resided in the family bible, and have always lived in said Norwalk and now live there.

State of Connecticut } Fairfield County } 26. 1833
Probate Court District of aforesaid Personally appeared the within named Isaac Tilton and being duly sworn in open Court according to law deposes and says in further explanation of his declaration herein set forth That on the first of March 1778 I enlisted as is herein stated and was in constant and actual service for the United States in Capt. Osgood's Company Col. John M'Clure under Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for one full year.
That on the first of March 1779 I enlisted as is herein stated and was in actual and constant service in Capt. Osgood's Company Col. M'Clure & Col. M'Clure under Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for two full years.
That on the first of March 1781 I enlisted as is herein stated and was in actual and constant service in Capt. Osgood's Company Col. Stephen M'Clure under Genl. Sullivan as a private soldier and drew pay and rations for one year and eight months. Isaac Tilton Sworn and Subscribed in open Court the day and year above said
4th Bury Ave. Bridge
1833 24 mo. per 80 3/4

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Isaac Follow which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? — no V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? — no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? no VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — see Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
L. D. Murray
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: “Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

State of Connecticut
Fairfield County.
vs Probate Court District of Southwick Personally appeared before said Court Stephen Morhouse aged 71 years of said Southwick and being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with Isaac Fellow of said Southwick always lived in the same neighbourhood. That on the 1 st of March 1778 said Fellow and myself enlisted into Capt. Ozias Mearns Capt State troops in said Southwick for one year and we served our time out together.
That on the 1 st of March 1779 said Fellow and myself enlisted into Capt. Ozias Mearns Company of State troops for one year and we served our time out together in quarantining and protecting the sea coast under Col John Mearns.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Augt. 2 d . 1832 Benj. Isaacs Judge
✓ Stephen Morhouse
At the same Court Personally appeared Edmund Tuttle aged 68. being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with Isaac Fellow of said Southwick and knows that said Fellow served in Capt. Ozias Mearns of State troops from the first of March 1780 to the second day of September 1781 - at which time I served in the same Company -
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Benj. Isaacs Judge
✓ Edmund Tuttle
At the same Court Personally appeared James Gillett aged 72 of said Southwick being duly sworn according to Law in open Court depose and say that he is well acquainted with Isaac Fellow of said Southwick and knows that said Fellow served in Capt. Ozias Mearns Company of State troops from the first day of March 1778 to the first day of March 1780 during the Rev. War that I served in the same Company the same time making two years.
Sworn & Subscribed in open Court
Benj. Isaacs Judge
✓ James Gillett

State of Connecticut } To
Fairfield County. Probate Court District of Norwalk. Feby. 9. 1833. I do hereby certify that Stephen Monhoun Edmond Tuttle and James Stilliff who have subscribed and sworn to the deposition herewith annexed are all well known to me and that on all credible persons.
Benj. Isaacs Judge